Patzer's review

Sometimes books just come to you by accident. In my case, I came across an unknown book on an online second-hand book store. A chess novel by GM Jesse Kraai. What? Why have I not heard about this? I felt obliged to check it out. And chances are you are not familiar with the book either. So why not read my review to find out more? If you like these reviews, please consider supporting my work. Visit my patreon page for details. Become a Patron!   What can you expect from this book? As you probably can guess from the title of the book, Lisa is the name of the main character in this book. And the book describes her experience of learning chess while growing up. I may have missed it, but I don't think Lisa's age is given specifically, but she goes to school and seems to be curious about alcohol and boys, so my guess is that she is in her mid to late teens. Lisa comes from a broken home, she doesn't like school very much and her mother works too much. In order to keep her dau...

Study your own games and learn from your mistakes! This is an age-old piece of advice that is thrown around in the chess community all the time. But how do you actually  learn from your mistakes? This is a tricky question that rarely gets the same level of attention. So when you come across a book with the title Learn from your chess mistakes , it has to be a good sign - right? A friend of mine had this book in his collection and suggested I read it. It took me some time to get around to it, but finally I went through it. And let me just warn you at the get-go; this book has very little to do with your  chess mistakes. But anywho, let's dive in! If you like these reviews, please consider supporting my work. Visit my patreon page for details. Become a Patron! What can you expect from this book? Chris Baker (author of this book) is a British IM, and as far as I can determine, this is the only chess book he's written. However, he is also the writer of the column "How b...